I have a future!!!

I'm relieved to say that I have been officially accepted into the American University Washington Semester for the spring semester!! Not that it was ever much in doubt; AU loves SCU, and getting approval from our Poli Sci department pretty much guarantees your acceptance. But still, I submitted my application back in February - nothing like waiting 8 months...

Unfortunately, along with my acceptance into the program (as well as my first-choice Peace and Conflict Resolution program), I found out the details (i.e. the official dates). As it turns out, I have orientation on January 6th, meaning that I'll be on the East Coast no later than the 5th.

I get back to the country from Spain on December 30.

I have less than a week at home.

I'm really saddened by this.

I had thought that I'd have at least an extra week before I left, which is why Dad and I planned our two-week trip after my finals, thinking I'd have plenty of time to fit everything in at home - see Mom, celebrate make-up Christmas, see friends from home, visit SCU for a few days, unpack, repack, and - oh yeah - breathe.

Don't get me wrong; DC is going to be fantastic (why, hello, three-week trip to Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus). But I was counting on having at least two weeks in California. It's bad enough that I already wasn't going be able to see any extended family during the holidays, but now I won't see any of the people that I promised to see in January during the first weekend of school, and I'll barely see my own mom. Sigh.

But, I do think that I'll be back in early/mid May! (Knock on wood for all of the above. I don't want to jinx myself again.)

(In other news, this is the fourth consecutive day that I've posted something on here. So proud of myself.)